Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 75, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 13, 1991 Page: 3 of 16
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Ralph Allen has been Chief Deputy since 1985.
Allen happy to help
By VALERIE EAVES
Journal Staff Writer
A strong desire to help people
with their problems and the tragic
death of a childhood hero are
what Cass County Chief Deputy
Ralph Allen says pushed him
towards a career in law enforce-
ment.
"I grew up in the New Boston
area," Allen stated. "The father of
a friend of mine was a highway
patrolman. I think he was the big-
gest influence on me, as far as
wanting to be in law enforce-
ment. His name was W.O. Man-
na, everyone called him Wimpy.
He was really well liked by the
kids and respected by just about
everyone. He was killed in the
line of duty in Basseti in 1954. I
think his tragic death is what
really influenced me."
Allen graduated from highway
patrol school in Austin on May
16, 1957. After graduation he
was stationed in Tyler, where he
stayed three years.
In 1960, he was transferred to
Cass County to work with
another young highway patrol-
man named Paul Boone. He and
Boone worked out of Queen City
for the next 12 years.
"For a long time we were the
only two highway patrolmen in
Cass County," Allen remembers.
"When I left the job in 1972,
there were four of us."
Allen quit the highway patrol in
1972 and went to work as an
owner/operator of a truck.
"I had three daughters," Allen
explained, "and I knew that if
they all three went to college,
there'd be at least one year
when they would all three be in
college at the same time. I knew
that was going to take more
money than I made as a highway
patrolman, so I quit, got my
retirement and bought a truck."
Allen criss-crossed the United
States in that 18-wheeler until a
medical problem forced him to
give it up in 1984. At that time,
he went back to the job that was
in his blood — law enforcement.
"I went to work for Kenneth
Jones at the Queen City Police
Department," he said. "I worked
there for about six months, then
Paul (Boone) took office as
Sheriff, and he hired me as his
chief deputy."
Allen has been Boone's chief
deputy since 1985.
"In a small department like
this, I function more like a ser-
geant than a chief deputy," he
said. "I'm a first line supervisor. I
have 10 deputies who answer to
me, and I answer to the sheriff."
Allen jokingly called himself a
"glorified dispatcher," explaining
that he's the one who hands out
assignments and says which
deputies should handle which
duties.
His job entails much more than
that, though. Besides his ad-
ministrative duties such as
scheduling, it's also his respon-
sibly to check all of the daily
reports, fuel reports, dispatcher's
logs and so on.
"There's quite a bit of paper-
work," he stated, "I also do some
field work, on the short term and
in emergency situations."
Allen said he's enjoyed his
career as a peace officer, except
for one aspect of it — notifiying
the next of kin.
"That is something that, al-
though I have to do it, I hate to
do it," he said. "Telling someone
that a loved one is dead is about
the worst job anyone could
have."
He said that, thankfully, he
doesn't have that job\as often
with the sheriff's department as
he did with the highway patrol.
Ralph isn't the only member of
the Allen family in law enforce-
ment. His wife, Bette, is the
Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace.
The couple have been married
for 35 years. They have three
daughters, Stephanie, Celeste
and Tammy, and nine
grandchildren.
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The Linden-Kildare CISD School
Board has set the next trustee elec-
tion for Saturday, May 4. Two seats
on the board, Place 3 and Place 4,
will be up for election. Those seats
are currently held by Tony McDuffie
and Suzie Evans.
The first day to file for candidacy
will be Monday, Feb. 18. The filing
deadline is 5 p.m. on Wednesday,
March 20.
In other business, the board ap-
proved the authorization to begin
planning for an expansion project at
the junior high school. The project
would add two classrooms to the
school, one of which would be a lab.
The construction is in response to a
projected increase of approximately
40 students in the school next year.
The board also voted to extend all
administrative staff contracts by one
year. Those affected include Cur-
riculum Director Mary Dowd,
Elementary Principal John York and
Junior High Principal Mark Smith.
Bill Keesee spoke to the board on
behalf of the Linden-Kildare School
Employees Association. Keesee
said that in the event that the district
receives $500,000 in new money
from either the state or from tax
revenue, the group would like to see
each of the instructors, support per-
sonnel, maintenance and cafeteria
personnel and bus drivers receive
raises. He said the group would al-
so like to see the district's portion of
the health insurance increased to
offset the rising insurance costs.
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proceeding.
Oxner, apparently wanting to
avoid a confrontation like last
year's, has not been before the
council in connection with this rate
hike.
In a letter to subscribers,
however, Oxner did say that Falcon
has invested more than $5 million in
the Marshall Region to make the
necessary improvements to
upgrade the system. This invest-
ment, Oxner continued, helped
create jobs and give a boost to local
economies.
"Besides our investment in labor
and equipment, Falcon spends ap-
proximately $180,000 every month
in operating expenses in this region.
That money covers salaries,
utilities, repairs and other expenses,
and represents money spent in the
local communities.
Oxner said Friday that several ad-
ditional channels are planned for
the Atlanta/Queen City system and
that will put the cable system at its
capacity. Some of the additions
being considered are the CNN
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"These may replace the Tyler and
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of duplication on those channels
where programming supplied by the
other three network channels is
concerned."
Oxner also said that Falcon will
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Russell elected chairman
The Democrats in the Texas
House have elected Sam Russell to
another term as Chairman of the
House Democratic Caucus. The
Mount Pleasant Democrat served
as caucus leader during the Legisla-
ture's last session, also.
As leader of the House
Democratic Caucus, Russell is the
majority leader and is responsible
for monitoring legislation pending
before the current session of the
Legislature.
Russell represents the Eighth
Congressional District in Texas,
serving Cass, Camp, Franklin,
Marion, Morris and Titus counties.
He has been state representative
since 1983.
Russell is also chairman of the
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Heartfelt Desert Love Rally at the
Korean-Vietnam War Memorial in
Texarkana on Thursday, Feb. 14.
The rally is set to begin at 7 p.m.
Sponsors are encouraging those at-
tending to "hang a yellow ribbon
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The memorial is located at State
Line Avenue and 7th Street in
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Ms. Garrett has urged all who are
healthy and eligible to consider
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"If everyone who is eligible would
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